When tourists decide to travel, there must be a motivation behind and this applies to VFR travellers (Gitelson and Kerstetter, 1995; Murphy, et al, 2003; Ramachandran, 2006). However, it is crucial to understand if VFR travel is the main purpose of travel or it just an activity that falls under the main purpose of travel (Ramachandran, 2006). Before one attempts to understand if VFR travel is either primary or secondary, it is important to review travel motivations which lead people to decide that they want to travel. Travel motivation is the basis for tourism studies which lead to tourism development (Pearce, 2005). It is significant in tourism to understand what motivates tourists in making a decision that they would desire to visit a particular place or …show more content…
Pearce (2012) brought to light various factors which influence people to participate in VFR travel: social representation, onsite experiences, serial time and locational variability. Social representation deals with material stuff that can influence one to participate in certain activities through film programs and documentaries. On-site experiences deal with observing and recording what is happening, which contribute to people returning to the specific area to consume certain products. Serial time is how time elapsed has influenced the behaviour of people in their decision to travel to a certain place. Lastly locational variability reveals that peoples’ experiences are determined by the rate and extent of distance between places of stay and the destination in which the person intend to visit (Pearce 2012). The economic impact brought out by VFR travel when they stay longer their expenditure increases over time, contributing to the economic development. To reveal that VFR contributes economically, it is should be calculated with expenditure per trip than per day (Backer,
Sung, H. H. (2004, May). Classificiation of Adventure Travelers: Behavior, Decision Making and Target Markets. Journal of Travel and Research, 42, 343-356.
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VFR travel is segmented into distinct subgroups based on activities the participants engage in while on vacation (Moscardo et al., 2000). Moscardo et al., (2000) proposed an initial typology of VFR travel in studying the relationship between the differentiating factors and VFR travel behavior patterns. The model identified five factors for differentiating the VFR market: (a) sector (the distinction between VFR as a travel activity and as a trip type or motive), (b) scope (the distinction between domestic and international VFR travel), (c) effort (short-haul versus long-haul VFR trips), (d) accommodation used (staying with friends and relatives versus staying in commercial accommodation), and (e) focus of visit (VFs, VRs, or VFVRs). In the current study, the researcher hopes to prove the relationship between activity and motive (Moscardo et al., 2000; Pennington-Gray,
1.Discuss why is TripAdvisor appealing to consumers? There are several reasons why TripAdvisor is appealing to consumers. Firstly, TA is the first travel site that provides unbiased and real consumer comments about travel to a certain destination. Founder and CEO of TA, Kaufer recalled that the reason to set up TA was that cofounders of TA found it was impossible to acquire unbiased travel-related information on the Internet.
I feel more than honored to have the opportunity to participate in The Ailey School’s 6 week summer intensive. Over the course of those weeks, I want to work on consistency in my dancing. Since being enrolled at Towson, I have always approached class with a clean slate open to new discoveries. While this has given me a chance to explore my body and see what works for me, I find myself having a completely different class every day. My new perspective is to approach class with the intent to perform better than the day before. Taking the good from the previous class and applying it to the current class. Every class will still be different, but in a positive way. In addition, I know that in the past, I have had challenges
The travel industry is one of the most important and largest industries in the world. Every day, millions of people travel to short distances and long distances for leisure or business reasons. The world economy relies on traveling, and the economic success of a country highly depends on the state of the travel industry in that country. The U.S. travel industry is the biggest in the world and can be used as a demonstration of the importance of travel market for developed countries. Also, generational differences are visible and can be demonstrated by the research of the travel industry, which can be used for further research in the sociological fields. In short, the travel industry is a very complex and multi-sided field with a lot of objects
For the introduction, brief information regarding my purchase and the travel and tourism industry is presented. It was then followed by the explanation of the 2 chosen theories from two different chapters.
The first time you travel solo can be a nerve-wracking experience. Possibly, for the first time in your life, you only have yourself to rely on. Theres the little experiences, like not having anyone to look after your bag when you go to the airport bathroom. Then, theres the big ones, like finding yourself stranded with nowhere to sleep at midnight, because youve been locked out of your hostel.
During the past few decades, traveling has greatly increased. Purposes of travel vary, some travel for business, some for leisure,
When people travel to a destination, they sure have some motivation to motivate them to make the decision. ‘Motivation’ is the key term that will make the tourist to consider the reason to travel around. During the decision making process, people will consider some of the reasons before they confirm travel to a destination. The research that has conducted in The Netherland found out a remarkably high propensity to travel, 70% of the populations are taking one holiday per year and 24% was taking two holidays per year for holiday. Some of the people will affect their decision making by looking at destination image or some of the impact advertising. On the internet, business people will use image and advertising to attract tourist to travel to the destination by using image that they edit before. This is part of the marketing to promote their country to tourist. For family traveler, they will consider the distance and transportation travel to the destination. When go for travel, tourist will bring the whole family to travel. Then, they will consider old people who travel long journey are very hard for them. If one of the family members are senior citizen, they need to consider their healthy. Some of the senior citizen cannot take long journey, such as they have sickness. Bring children go for holiday also need to be consider. Some of the children will afraid of the highest in the plane, so they will feel uncomfortable. There is plenty of reason need to consider before making any decision to travel. For understanding tourist motivation and decision making is for two main reason, planning consideration and economic consideration. (Page & Connell, 2009) Before the tourist travel to a destination, they need to think about culture, climat...
He write “Adventure Tourists – that’s those young people who come with back packs, take selfies all over the place, and talk loudly about how ‘awesome’ they are in the bar, isn’t it? “. (Local Council Member: 1). Author of this reasoning show unknowingness of a basic idea of who is the Adventure Tourist. Research conducted in 2014 by The Adventure Tourism Trade Association, demonstrate that global average age of Adventure Tourism customer is 48. (ATTA, Industry Snapshot) This information prove that not only young people are adventure tourist, furthermore they are the minority. Next words of Local Council Member who suggest that this kind of tourist don’t have a jobs, are again the falsehood. According to ATTA, the average global trip price per day is 477 US Dollars, this statistic indicates that customers of this niche of tourism definitely have a financial resources to pay for their active holidays. There is no research about employment of average adventure tourist, but it can be assumed that most of them earn their money at some kind of work. Local Council Member said that in his opinion this part of industry not bringing much money in. As stated in UNWTOs “Global Report on Adventure Tourism” in comparison, on a global level, non-adventure tourists spend about 500 US Dollars per person per holiday, this is about 40% less than the amount spent by adventure tourists. What is more in mass tourism, approximately four-fifths of the revenue from a trip goes to airlines, hotels and other international companies. In contrast, in adventure tourism, quarter of the revenue goes to local communities. This means that this niche brings more money than ordinary kind of tourism and is more beneficial to local
There is nothing quite like traveling, going someplace new and finding out more about the world and yourself. Anyone can become a traveler it just takes a little bit of faith and courage. Traveling across the world or even across the country is a learning experience. When you are a traveler you see how people live and how different cultures work. It is the best educational experience you could give yourself. You see how the world works in a way no one can teach you. Seeing different cultures and people help build the person you want to be. If you are a traveler the world influences you, because when traveling, you see the good and the bad, and you learn from the right and the wrong. I am very lucky that I am able to be a traveler and see this
According to Jovanovic, T., Dragin, A., Armenski, T., Pavic, D., & Davidovic, N. “The study of constraints to participation in leisure activities has been a growing theme of research during the past three decades.” More recently, this research has been extended to the study of nonparticipation in leisure travel. One model that has been employed to facilitate the study of constraints uses the three categories of constraints as a conceptual framework: intrapersonal, interpersonal, and structural. This article extends this framework by testing whether multiple dimensions exist within the structural constraints construct along with the other two dimensions and compares these against demographic variables. A survey of in-state and out-of-state travelers was conducted to measure travel constraints. As expected, three dimensions emerged within the structural constraints construct, including place attributes, lack of time, and lack of money. Several demographic differences with respect to constraints also emerged. Knowing why people do not travel can suggest strategies that can be used to overcome constraints.
Prayag, G. (2009) Tourist Evaluation of Destination Image, Satisfaction and Future, Behavioural Intention. Journal of Travel and tourism marketing, 26(8), 826-853